Jean
/ʒɑ̃/
The verdict
“Jean” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,151
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 196
- “J” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - João
Corpus desk
Index PT-jean · Jean · Portuguese
Jean · rank #3,151 · 5 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,151
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 196
- PHOTO-FINISH invasão
Nearest frequency peer: invasão (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “Jean”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- informar
informar
96,854 corpus weight
- inspiração
inspiração
96,853 corpus weight
- invasão
invasão
96,852 corpus weight
- Jean
Jean
96,850 corpus weight
- judicial
judicial
96,848 corpus weight
- little
little
96,847 corpus weight
What this shows “Jean” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Jean |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʒɑ̃/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #3,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “Jean”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Jean (IPA /ʒɑ̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,151 among 196 “J” headwords. Dominant gloss: "João".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Jean, with forms such as "ejan", "jaen", and "jeann". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "jet", "jen", "jed", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Jean, spelled J-E-A-N.
Definition
- 1João
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ejan
- jaen
- jeann
- jena
- jjean
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Jean - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jean", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).